Freshend up my wheels

[wybnrml]

When I got my '90 LX it was missing a center cap and only had one trim ring which had curb rash on it. But I got a center cap awhile back from my old '89 and I finally got a set of trim rings(Thanks festyxfi) and I hand polished the rings and the center caps. Then I got some Silver Dupli-Color High Performance Wheel Coating and hand sanded the wheels and painted them.

Before

After

[TominMO]

Hey! That looks better! Great job.

[doylerl]

I'm too lazy to do mine... They do look great though, nice job... Wanna come do mine?

[wybnrml]

Hey! That looks better! Great job.

Thanks!

I'm too lazy to do mine... They do look great though, nice job... Wanna come do mine?

Thanks. My arms are very sore right now from all the polishing and sanding, it was definitely a job.

[doylerl]

Thanks. My arms are very sore right now from all the polishing and sanding, it was definitely a job.

I will give you a couple days to rest and get here... I'm not insisting you do it today...

[91blufestiva]

What makes it a lot easier is a steel brush on a drill to sand them, thats what I did when I painted my rims black, but I agree, this is something everyone should do, makes a car look soo much better.

[batstiva]

I'm too lazy to do mine...

You and me both. I'm just going to wait a couple more days for my wheel covers to come in. Problem solved.

What makes it a lot easier is a steel brush on a drill to sand them, thats what I did when I painted my rims black, but I agree, this is something everyone should do, makes a car look soo much better.

110% agree on the steel brush on the drill thing. That's how I prepped Batstiva's steelies before they became covered in yellow paint.

To the OP, those look amazing. Nice job.

[wybnrml]

What makes it a lot easier is a steel brush on a drill to sand them.

I will have to remember that for next time, thanks.

[rmp2711]

I need to clean my rims as well. What did you use to polish up the center caps?

[wybnrml]

What did you use to polish up the center caps?

I used Meguiar's Mag & Aluminum Polish on the center caps and trim rings.

[eurotiva]

Now polish up your avatar pic

[spiko]

Day and night difference!

[freshtiva]

Lay some love on that festy !!! I got eight wheels sandblasted once for $80. There is a pic of them on here somewhere.

[freshtiva]

Here are some sand blasting pics. Bare metal , they are not primed.



Before and after

[wybnrml]

I would of liked to of gotten them sandblasted but I wanted to keep the cost down, but $10 a wheel isn't that bad.